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Paralimni Pyrgos or Palaiometochi (ancient Isos?)

PK	C793
TITLE	Paralimni Pyrgos or Palaiometochi (ancient Isos?)
WGS84	38.477896° N, 23.389664° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.477896, 23.389664
LON/LAT	23.389664, 38.477896

DMS

38° 28' 40.4256" N

23° 23' 22.7904" E

W3W	approvals, frog, smarted
UTM	34 S, 708451, 4261546
EGSA87	446614, 4258730

Elevation m	75
Elevation feet	246.1
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AAA[1968], 139
2.    Artifacts.   AD[1973], 448
3.    Settlement.   Phialon [2011], 75    ' ..., le lac était occupé de l'HA a l'époque romaine ... '
4.    Settlement.   Fossey [1988], 257    ...the akropolis of an ancient city whose remains extend around the feet of the hill.'
5.    Settlement.   Farinetti [2011 AI13], 7    'Prehistoric (EH and LH) surface materials are reported by Sampson (AD 1973-4: 448).'
6.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 73    ' ... has revealed ancient structures at many points at the edge of the lake here, and these are described as an "entire town&quo; ..., probably ancient Isos, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI13]: 6, Component AN_27
    b.    Fossey [1988]: 260, '..., EH, MH, LH, ...'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 73, 'Rock-cut tombs at the north corner of the lake are probably Early Helladic, since sherds of that period were found in their vicinity.'
    d.    Phialon [2011]: 75, ' ..., le lac était occupé de l'HA a l'époque romaine ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI13]: 6, Component AN_28
    b.    Fossey [1988]: 260, '..., EH, MH, LH, ...'
    c.    Phialon [2011]: 75, ' ..., le lac était occupé de l'HA a l'époque romaine ... '

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI13]: 6, Component AN_29
    b.    AD[1973]: 448,
    c.    Fossey [1988]: 260, '..., EH, MH, LH, ...'
    d.    Phialon [2011]: 75, ' ..., le lac était occupé de l'HA a l'époque romaine ... '

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    AAA[1968]: 139,

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AAA[1968]: 139,
    b.    Fossey [1988]: 260, '..., Geometric, ...'

NOTES

1.  Farinetti, in FAI13, '8. Paralimni Pyrgos: Components AN_26 to AN_35' misplaces this on the map. Her number 8 as marked on her map (FAI13, Fig. 1 on p. 1) cannot fit the description that she gives in the text. The Frankish Tower is plainly visible at F945.

2.  I believe that the description in Simpson and Dickinson [1979] 252 refers to multiple places around Paralimni lake and is never entirely clear about what was found where. The most reliable source appears to me (RHC) to be Farinetti.

3.  These two lists match the several components in Farinetti [2011] to the place keys in this catalog.

Farinetti: Chapter 12

43 Oungra: Chelonokastro (= C779)
44 Paralimni Oungra (= C780)
45 Paralimni Oungra (= C780)
46 Paralimni Oungra (= C781)
47 Paralimni Oungra Area (Classical, no equiv. in MycAtPr)
48 Paralimni S hills (Geometric and Archaic) (= C7073)
49 Paralimni S hills - not relevant
50 Paralimni S hills - not relevant
51 Mouriki - Kamelovrisi T103 (= C783)
51 Mouriki - Kamelovrisi T152 (= C782)

Farinetti: Chapter 13

8. Paralimnos Pyrgos (= C793)
9. Paralimni Pyrgos E (= C919)
10. Paralimni Pyrgos NE (= C792)

4. For the identification as Isos see Robert Buck, A History of Boeotia 21, [1979]: 'Trial excavations at the northeast end of Paralimni have revealed a site identified as Isos by Pharaklas who was following Kirsten, perhaps correctly.'

5. For Isos itself see Hansen and Nielsen [2004]: An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis, s.v. 'Isos'.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AAA[1968]: Archaiologika analekta ex Athenon, Athens, Greece. 1968, '', pg. 139.

2. AD[1973]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 28, '', pg. 448.

3. Farinetti [2011 AI13]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.13; The Boeotian coastal area facing the Euboean sea N of Chalkis: ANTHEDONIA and SKROPONERI bay. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '8. Paralimni Pyrgos: Components AN_26 to AN_35', pg. 6. Specifically components AN_27, AN_28, AN_29

4. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '2. Pyrgos, Palaiometokhi - ISOS', pg. 257. Identified by Fossey as ancient Isos.

5. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.2.3.12. Paralimni Nord-Ouest Beotie', pg. 75.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 31 Loukisia: Ancient Isos', pg. 72. Online here.

7. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'G 42 Loukisia: Ancient Isos', pg. 252. Online here.